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The Waste Electrical and Electronic Equipment Directive ( WEEE Directive) is a European Community Directive, numbered 2012/19/EU, concerned with waste electrical and electronic equipment (WEEE). Together with the RoHS Directive 2011/65/EU, it became European Law in February 2003. The WEEE Directive set collection, recycling and recovery targets ...
Electronic waste (or e-waste) describes discarded electrical or electronic devices. It is also commonly known as waste electrical and electronic equipment ( WEEE) or end-of-life ( EOL) electronics. [ 1] Used electronics which are destined for refurbishment, reuse, resale, salvage recycling through material recovery, or disposal are also ...
Electronic waste or e-waste in the United States refers to electronic products that have reached the end of their operable lives, and the United States is beginning to address its waste problems with regulations at a state and federal level. Used electronics are the quickest-growing source of waste and can have serious health impacts. [1]
Replaced by. Directive 2011/65/EU, 3 January 2013 [1] Recast with new legislation. The Restriction of Hazardous Substances Directive 2002/95/EC ( RoHS 1 ), short for Directive on the restriction of the use of certain hazardous substances in electrical and electronic equipment, was adopted in February 2003 by the European Union.
Solving the E-waste Problem ( StEP) is a membership organization that is part of United Nations University and was created to develop solutions to address issues associated with electronic waste. Some of the most eminent players in the fields of Production, Reuse and Recycling of Electrical and Electronic Equipment (EEE), government agencies ...
Electronic waste has been on the agenda of the Australian Federal Government since the mid-1990s. The Australian and New Zealand Environment and Conservation Council (now replaced by the Environment Protection and Heritage Council (EPHC)) was the first body to identify electrical and electronic waste as a concern.
Electronic waste recycling, electronics recycling, or e-waste recycling is the disassembly and separation of components and raw materials of waste electronics; when referring to specific types of e-waste, the terms like computer recycling or mobile phone recycling may be used. Like other waste streams, reuse, donation, and repair are common ...
Amended by. Reg. (EC) No 1272/2008. Current legislation. Registration, Evaluation, Authorisation and Restriction of Chemicals ( REACH) is a European Union regulation dating from 18 December 2006. [1] REACH addresses the production and use of chemical substances, and their potential impacts on both human health and the environment.